Merry Christmas to our veterans old and young, from the distant past or from just recently and in-between, who had doubts they would be here today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3tvaSSJoyI
1 posted on
12/25/2023 10:04:17 AM PST by
ansel12
To: ansel12
2 posted on
12/25/2023 10:05:03 AM PST by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: ansel12
Thank you for this post.
52 years ago I was on a Fire Base west of Phu Bai.
Merry Christmas!
4 posted on
12/25/2023 10:10:17 AM PST by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: ansel12
My company had more than twenty Marines and Corpsmen killed in December 1966. By the time Christmas got there, no one wanted to celebrate.
5 posted on
12/25/2023 10:15:33 AM PST by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: ansel12
52 years ago I was on FSB Buttons near Song Be, don’t really remember much about that Christmas.
8 posted on
12/25/2023 10:23:07 AM PST by
PROCON
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: ansel12
Thank you. Merry Christmas back at you and may you and your family be blessed.
wy69
10 posted on
12/25/2023 10:47:14 AM PST by
whitney69
(yption tunnels)
To: ansel12
Merry Christmas to all Vietnam Veterans!! My only brother was in the U.S. Army, and a Vietnam Veteran. 57 years ago, he was in Cu Chi, serving with the 25th Infantry Division. His last Christmas with his family was 1994, passing at the age of 51 in March 1995. He is still missed very much.
11 posted on
12/25/2023 11:01:28 AM PST by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: ansel12
My wife’s youngest brother turned 21 and finished half of his 1 year tour with the Big Red One at that time.
Fortunately, he made it home safely with the exception of getting exposed to Agent Orange. He is still alive and in fair shape. His wife died of cancer a couple of years ago.
12 posted on
12/25/2023 11:06:22 AM PST by
Grampa Dave
(You/We/Our Children and Grandkids are the carbon, they want to reduce.)
To: ansel12
Was in Bhin Thuy, North, RVN on Christmas day 53 years ago.
As I recall, we got a half day off.
Merry Christmas!
13 posted on
12/25/2023 11:08:57 AM PST by
VMI70
(My Goal in Life is to be the Kind of Person My Dog Thinks I Am)
To: ansel12
Fifty years ago today I had been home for two and a half years. I always tell people that I had been in the safest place at the safest time in RVN.
I never expected to be this old nor did I ever expect how fast I got here.
To: ansel12
Thank you to all of you who went over and did their duty. And I know we have plenty of you on here.
15 posted on
12/25/2023 11:46:47 AM PST by
rlmorel
("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
To: ansel12
May all Vietnam vets live long enough to piss on Jane Fonda’s grave.
18 posted on
12/25/2023 12:54:39 PM PST by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: ansel12
Yellow Brick Road. A Shau Valley. Highway 9. Lovely places. Too not be...
32 posted on
12/25/2023 1:51:21 PM PST by
donozark
(Even when Paul Pelosi isn't drinking, he's getting hammered.)
To: ansel12
I was, in a rare moment, sitting alone in this half marsh, half jungle thousands of miles away from home when I had never been more than a couple hundred miles away before.
(family reunions)
I had barely graduated highschool!
Anyway my younger brother had sent me a recording of my favorite artist at the time, Gary Puckett and this song was on it!
It will always be special in my life, It gave me the determination to go on, survive and to come home!
(I'd been in a few firefights/skirmishes at the time)
HOME BY GARY PUCKETT34 posted on
12/25/2023 2:10:24 PM PST by
justme4now
(Our Right's are God given and I don't need permission from politicians or courts to exercise them!)
To: ansel12
Never thought I’d live this long especially back then....Merry Christmas to all...
To: ansel12
55 years ago I was well into my voluntarily extended tour up at Quang Tri.
Oddly enough, those extra 6 months were some of the most interesting and sometimes fun times I had there.
40 posted on
12/25/2023 3:43:05 PM PST by
doorgunner69
(When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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